Ti Amo (Nico di Angelo x Reader)

Part 7

It was the day. The day Percy needed to be told about the Great Prophecy. It has been two weeks since Nico and I started dating. I loved being with him and I said it a lot. Percy had been threatening Nico to kill him if he hurt me. I like Percy's protectiveness. I think it's cute.

I didn't know what the Great Prophecy said. I knew it was about my brother, it was obvious. I also knew that there would be a war against Kronos and his army. I knew it wasn't gonna be easy. But I also knew that we were gonna save Olympus. The gods relied on us. We shouldn't let them down.

Percy read the Prophecy,

"A half-blood of the eldest gods
Shall reach sixteen against all odds
And see the world in endless sleep
A hero's soul cursed blade shall reap
A single choice shall end his days
Olympus to preserve or raze"

I didn't understand much, but I knew it wasn't good. A single choice shall end his days?! Was Percy gonna die?! I was really scared of what they were saying. Nico wasn't here to comfort me. He'd been gathering his clothes in a suitcase 3 days ago. He left somewhere and didn't tell me where.

Things escalated quickly. Soon I found myself in front of the Empire State Building fighting. Nico still did those weird visits to that mysterious place. I didn't dare think about him and get distracted. We didn't need a distracted fighter. We had enough wounded and dead as it was. I kept fighting and fighting. Michael died on the bridge. Percy and Annabeth went into the building. I didn't dare look. I kept fighting, blocking, aiming. It was hard. The monsters were everywhere. Centaurs tried to help. Everything got harder. Sally and Paul also tried to help, but I was worried sick about Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Sally, and the list goes on. I didn't want to believe the Prophecy was about Percy. A single choice shall end his days and a hero's soul cursed blade shall reap. I didn't want that. (Nobody wants to see a loved one's soul getting reaped by a cursed blade.) Everything possible happened, then it was our win. I couldn't focus and then I found myself on Olympus. The gods all gathered and I felt terribly sorry for Hermes, whose son died. He looked like he was gonna cry. He knew this was going to happen all along and couldn't do anything. I was really grieving Silena, who died months after her boyfriend. I felt sorry for Clarisse, she seemed to like Silena a lot. I also wanted to speak to my parents.

All the Olympians sat in their places. I had never seen them before. Hades sat on a chair with Nico on the ground by his father's feet. I stood between the people and made sure Nico saw me to assure him I was still alive. As soon as I saw Percy, I rushed to give him the biggest hug ever. Percy smiled at the sight of me while Annabeth admired the beauty of the cutest sibling relationship - in her opinion.

Zeus started speaking so everyone stayed silent. He spoke about a bunch of stuff - unimportant - then started calling onto important people in the war like Percy, Annabeth, and Poseidon's army, that contained a brother I didn't know about, Tyson. (Cool!)

I was taken aback when Zeus called my name. I took a breath and took some steps forward and knelt in front of him, then Poseidon, then Aphrodite. I just copied what Percy did. He knelt in front of the king, then his own father. Zeus started speaking, "Y/n Y/L/n, you are definitely young to be in a war. And you're new to the world. All your efforts are appreciated here by us, the mighty Olympians."

Poseidon interrupted him - thank the gods!! - to speak, "Daughter, you have shown us all your great talents with a sword. I, Poseidon (I know, dad...), am offering you a place in my army."

It was now my turn to speak. I didn't know what to say. Accept or not? I decided to go with the flow, "Thank you so much for your generous offer, father. I prefer it if I stay in Camp for further training. I can help but not directly fight. That will have to wait a couple years."